Month: October 2024

By Byron Holland.

On September 22, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Global Digital Compact (GDC), marking one of the most significant intergovernmental agreements on digital issues in the past two decades. Appended to the Pact for the Future, the GDC is a non-binding agreement that outlines a global governance framework for a wide range of digital issues, including internet governance and the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).

From an internet governance perspective, the final text of the GDC represents a compromise between Member States advocating for multistakeholder internet governance and the sustainability of the IGF and those pushing for more government oversight over critical internet resources and a weakening of the Forum.

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By Dr. Irina Soeffky.

“We consider the multi-stakeholder approach essential for global digital networking,” states Germany’s first Strategy for International Digital Policy. Indeed, as digital transformation accelerates, the significance of the multi-stakeholder approach becomes even more pronounced.

We are all witnessing how digital technologies are increasingly transforming every aspect of our daily lives, from the way we communicate to how we conduct business. The Internet and digital technologies have connected us in ways we never thought possible. This interconnectedness stimulates innovation, promotes the free flow of information, drives economic growth, fosters collaboration across borders, and leads to a more integrated global community.

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